The government and its chiefs do not have the powers of the mythical Santa Claus. They cannot spend except by taking out of the pockets of some people for the benefit of others.

Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics

The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.

Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.

The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.

Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.

Chew off a little every day, because it’s hard to swallow a whole pie at once.

[Jesus Christ] used to have blue eyes but I painted them brown like mine and everybody’s, to make him normal.

There's probably more history now preserved underwater than in all the museums of the world combined. And there's no law governing that history. It's finders keepers.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

The problem is, that we've got a position, often times by the NRA that says any regulation whatsoever is the camel's nose under the tent. And that, I think, is not where the American people are at.

My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.

If you want to live the Christian life, you will have to realize that Someone Else has to be in control.

In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was still special.

I am basically very private, and I'm really nervous about doing publicity.

I want to stay involved in athletics; I want to encourage kids to take part and try to grow the sport.